Falko Weißpflog Explained

Falko Weißpflog
Birth Place:Pleißa, East Germany
Personalbest:174m (571feet)
Oberstdorf, West Germany
(5 March 1974)
Seasons:1980
Individual Starts:6

Falko Weißpflog (born 1954) is an East German former ski jumper who competed from 1977 to 1980.

Career

He won a bronze medal in the individual large hill competition at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti.

On 5 March 1974, he set the ski jumping world record distance at 174 metres (571 ft) on Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze hill in Oberstdorf, West Germany.[1] [2]

Weißpflog's best non-world championship career finish was fourth on three separate occasions, twice in 1978 and once in 1980. Rock singer Falco took his stage name from Weißpflog.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dva sta poletela 174 m! (page 8). Delo. 6 March 1976. sl.
  2. Web site: Toni Innauer & Falko Weißpflog - Oberstdorf 1976 - 174 m - World record. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211217/HVTkI-GoWFY . 2021-12-17 . live. YouTube. 5 March 1976.